Combined shirt and supporter



Jan. 17, 1928 G. N. ITETREAU 1656304 COMBINED SHIRT AND SUPPORTER Filed Sept. l. 1926 In vanto@ 61H01 new l Patented Jai.. 17, 192s.

UNITED -STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE N. 'rn'rnnam or NEwron'r,vEnMo1vr.

jCO'MBINED SHIRT Application iiled September This invention relates to bodyl garments and more particularly to a shirt intended to be worn by swimmers, athletes, professional dancers and others doing work or exercise requiring a great deal of physical exertion.

kOne object of the invention is to provide a garment which will serve not only as a shirt but also as a jockstrap and thereby assist in preventing rupture.

Another object of the invention is to provide the shirt with front and rear extensions, the forward extension being adapted to engage andsupport the penis and testicles and the rear extension being releasably secured to the front extension, whereby to retain the latter in a supporting position.

Another object of the invention is to provide the front extension with an elastic serving to contract its marginal portions and forni a pocket adapted to fit closely about and beneath the testicles. y l

The invention is illustrated 'in the accompanying drawing, wherein,-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved shirt.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view through the shirt taken along the line 2--2 of Figure 1.

The shirt constituting the subject matter of this invention includes a body portion 1 formed of fabric and havin its u per portion provided with the usua shoul er straps 2. At its front and rear the lower portion of the shirt is provided with depending extensions 3 and 4 which may be formed integral with the shirt nor separate therefrom vand attached to it in any desired manner as by sewing or the like. It is also preferred to have the extensions lined, or of aydouble thickness, as shown in Figure 2, vso thatthey will be strengthened and prevented from easily tearing. A hem 5 is formed along the lower edge of the body 1 and extends about' the margin of the depending front extension 3. The hem notonly provides a good finish for the lower edge ofthe shirt but also formsa marginalreceptacle in which gisy receivedan'elastic 6. The elastic extends about the margin of the .front extension -3 and partially across the front of the shirt.

The elastic issewed or'otherwise lsecured at,I

its ends and midway its llength while stretched and, therefore, when it is released and contracts the marginal portion of the front extension will be contracted with 'it and the front extension drawn into the shape AND SUPPORTER.

1, 1926.4 Serial No. 133,017.

of a pocket, as shown in Figure 2. The rear extension is of suilicient length to permit it to be drawn forwardly and dispose its free forward end portion in overlapping relation to the front extension 0r pocket 3. Buttons 7 are carried by the front extension and adapted to be passed through huttonholes 8 formed in the rear extension t0 securely but releasably retain the rear extension in engagement with the front extension. Therefore, the rear extension constitutes means to prevent the front extension or pocket from moving forwardly out of a supporting position. y l

When the shirt is in` use, it is` put on in the usual manner and the front extension so disposed that it covers the penis. The marginal portions thereof through which `the elastic extends are moved rearwardly so that they extend beneath and upwardly from the testicles. The penis and testicles will therefore, be disposed in the pocket formed by the front extension and will, be very well supported and prevented from having swinging buttons will serve to brace the front extenv sion or pocket and prevent it from moving forwardly out of proper supporting position. When the elastic loses elasticity, it can be very easily removed and replaced with a new one. -By having the front extension formed, as shown, it completely encloses the penis and testicles and prevents danger ol' them movin transversely ont of position to be supporte by it.

Having thus described thc invention, I claim:

1. A combinedshirt and supporter comprising a fabric body having its lower portion formed at its front and rear with depending extensions, an elastic extending about the margins of the frontextension and having its' end portions extending along the lower edge ofthe front of said body and secured thereto, said' elastic serving to contract the marginal portions of said front vextension and form the same `into, a supportg A 1,656,304 l pending extensions, 4a hem being formed tending about the margins of the front exalong the lower edge of the body and about tension and yeldably retain the same in the the margins of the front extension, the rear form of a pocket, and means for releasably 10 extension being of suieient length to extend securing said rear extension in overlapped 5 forwardly beneath the body with its free ,engagement with the front extension.

forward end overlapping the front extension, In testimony whereof I affix my signature. an elastic in said hem having a portion ex- GEORGE N. TETREAU. [11. s] 

